Inkstand and pen rack



April 1947- A. RHODES I INK STAND AND PEN-RACK Filed Oct. 16, 1945 FIG. 1

INVENTOR LYNN A. RflODES, 7 k2 4 mar M ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 22, 1947 UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE INKSTAND AND PEN RACK Lynn A. Rhodes, Camden, Ark.

Application October 16, 1945, Serial No. 622,577 I (01. 120-4) 1 Claim. 1

This instant invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in writers stands or devices for use upon a desk for holding ink bottles, pens, pencils, erasers and smoking material and in oflices of architects, engineers and so forth.

The invention has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple and cheap, yet eflicient desk holder in which the ink bottle may be retained in position for use without danger of upsetting, in which the means for supporting the ink bottle may be retracted into the holder, and in which pens, pencils and erasers and smoking material are readily accessible.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is an elevation of the right-hand end of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

In the drawing in which like characters of reference designate like or similar parts throughout the several views, 2 denotes in general a stand which may be made of any desired material, but preferably of wood or plastic. The general shape of the stand is that of a block of vertical, transverse'trapezoidal cross section and of vertical longitudinal rectangular section. The two upwardly converging sides characteristic of the shape described are provided with a plurality of horizontally disposed and inwardly extending notches or grooves 4 each adapted to securely support a pen-holder or pencil or eraser.

In the top of the stand are formed two recesses, the smaller one 6 for receiving matches I, the larger one 8 for receiving a package or packages of cigarettes 9.

Either of the vertical sides is provided with a horizontal hole H! which extends inwardly to a considerable extent and for that reason is above or below the hole which opens on the opposite vertical side. A slide ll fitting into such a hole and of a length equal to the depth of its hole carries upon its outer vertical edge a hand knob l3 whereby the slide may be moved from a position in which said front edge is flush with the vertical side of the stand, to a position in which the slide extends far enough outside of the stand upset the bottle and spill the ink. As a further means for preventing the tilting of the ink bottle a holder I8 is provided which has an aperture [9 adjacent its outer rounded edge 20 for the neck of the bottle and a pair of spaced small openings 22 each for a staple 23 embedded in the vertical wall of the stand. I

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the specific construction, arrangement, shape, material, spacing, design or proportions of the example of my invention illustrated and described as it will be obvious that equivalents may be substituted and many changes may be made therein Within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim as novel and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

In a combination ink, pen, and pencil stand, a stand having parallel vertical ends and sloping sides, said sides converging toward the upper end of the stand and each having a plurality of longitudinally extending racks indented therein, said stand having downwardly extending recesses in the upper horizontal surface of the upper end and offset openings extending inwardly from the opposite ends positioned adjacent the lower end thereof, slides with recesses in their upper surfaces slidably mounted in said offset openings, brackets having openings therein aligned with the recesses of the slides, and means hinging the brackets to the ends of the stand wherein the brackets may be folded downwardly to closed po sition and when opened to horizontal position, the openings therein are aligned with the recess of the slides with the slides in the open position.

LYNN A. RHODES.

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